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Coronavirus Outbreak: Juventus players and coach Maurizio Sarri accept pay cut to help reduce club's financial burden
• 5 years agoSarri and the first-team players have agreed what amounts to a four-month pay reduction to help Italy’s most successful club during the coronavirus crisis.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Mohun Bagan to donate Rs 20 lakh to West Bengal State Emergency Relief Fund in fight against COVID-19
• 5 years agoAs many sports personalities, organisation and clubs have come forward to join in the fight against COVID-19, another Kolkata club Aryan have chipped in with Rs 2 lakh to the state relief fund.
Coronavirus Outbreak: R Kelly, awaiting sexual abuse trial, seeks release from Chicago prison citing pandemic risk
• 5 years agoR Kelly faces several dozen counts of state and federal sexual misconduct charges in Illinois, Minnesota and New York, from sexual assault to heading a racketeering scheme aimed at supplying him with girls
Coronavirus Outbreak: All Blacks head coach Ian Foster to take pay cut, players to follow suit
• 5 years agoIn a radio interview Saturday, Foster confirmed he and other coaches had agreed to substantial pay cuts as long as New Zealand Rugby's revenues are affected. He did not give a percentage figure.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Italy records world's highest daily toll with 919 dead in 24 hrs, total deaths at 9,134
• 5 years agoItaly recorded 919 deaths from coronavirus on Friday, the highest daily toll anywhere in the world, while the number of confirmed cases eclipsed the total in China where the virus first emerged.
Coronavirus Outbreak: Italy sees rise in toll by 662 in 24 hours, taking total number of deaths to 8,165
• 5 years agoThe total number of confirmed coronavirus cases in Italy rose to 80,539 from a previous 74,386, the Civil Protection Agency said — the highest number of new cases since 21 March.
China praises WHO's efforts against COVID-19 pandemic after Donald Trump accuses UN health agency of siding with Beijing
• 5 years agoUnder Ghebreyesus' leadership, the WHO has been actively advancing global cooperation against COVID-19 and gained wide recognition from the international community, Xi said.
US surges past China, Italy in highest confirmed coronavirus cases with over 85,000 infections so far, says report
• 5 years agoUS President Donald Trump attributed the spike in the confirmed COVID-19 cases to the large-scale testing of the deadly disease. "I think it's a tribute to our testing," he said, adding "no one knows what the numbers are in China".
Coronavirus outbreak: Anupam Kher, Shabana Azmi opt for precautionary self-isolation on return from overseas
Fp Staff • 5 years agoVeteran actor Anupam Kher, who returned from the US on Friday, said as a precautionary measure he will be self-isolating himself, amid coronavirus scare.
Dollar thrives, Aussie trampled in rush for liquidity amid deepening fear around coronavirus drives scramble for greenback
• 5 years agoAll other currencies are well-below where they were a week ago as investors sell just about everything for dollars and businesses seek to draw down loans and hoard cash to ride out the crisis.